Articles from the April 10, 2019 edition
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Tulip festival has started in Tulip Town
April attracts visitors to the Skagit Valley’s tulip fields. Tulip Town, on Bradshaw Road is ready. Although the cold weather in March had the potential to stunt growth, Jeannette DeGoede, co-owner o...
JAN FRANKLIN YOUNG
Jan Franklin Young, 73, a resident of the Shelter Bay community in La Conner, passed away at his home on March 22, 2019. Jan was born on January 2, 1946 in Great Falls, Montana, the son of Jess & Louise (Quinlan) Young. He was raised and attended...
WILLIAM (BILL) J. MEADOR
Bill Meador, age 94 and a resident of La Conner passed away on 3/28/19 at 9:20 pm. Bill was born in Anderson, Missouri June 6, 1924 to parents Harrison and Ruth Meador. He completed his schooling in Bell, California in 1942 and was drafted into the...
MARIAN LOUISE CRIM
Marian Louise Crim, born October 8, 1930 to Manfred & Ella (Meyer) Nystrom of La Conner, WA., passed away March 3, 2019 at her home Marian Nystrom graduated from La Conner High School in 1948, and graduated with a secretarial degree from Mt. Vernon...
Rally for Mueller report release in Mount Vernon
Skagit Valley citizens wanting the Mueller Report released to the public gathered on the steps of the County Courthouse in Mount Vernon on Thursday. Indivisible Skagit organized the rally. Signs...
For, against Navy expansion meetings
The U.S. Navy wants your “substantive pubic comments” on its plans for Northwest Training and Testing in an area stretching from northern California to southeastern Alaska, including Puget Sound and “certain areas within the Strait of Juan de Fuca...
Janet Laurel exhibit closes Friday
Janet Laurel’s show at Cassera Gallery Stanwood, “Flowers, poems, birds, frogs & bones,” closes April 12. A lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Laurel pursued art as a means to express her l...
New Library depends on our local funding
Your donations – our collective contributions – open the new library. Two years ago a new La Conner Regional Library was a gleam in the eyes of a few people. A year ago the state legislature provided $500,000, a bet that the total $3.74...
More on 'Mail' history
To the editor: I’d like to commend Rachel Cram for her wonderful article on the history of La Conner’s newspaper. There was so much detail to feast on and it reminds all of us of how invaluable a town newspaper is. She especially captured the spi...
More on Mueller report
Dear Editor, Why is it that some people want to whitewash the Mueller investigation into whether or not Trump and his organization colluded with the Russians? Is it because they’re afraid of where it will eventually lead when we know the whole t...
"A Home for All God's Children"
This letter is a response to the question many people are asking me: “Pastor, what’s going to happen to your Methodist Church?” Let me just say first: God is always ready for us to work for change, to invite diversity and look forward to new seaso...
MoNA membership meeting calm, optimistic
The 2019 annual MoNA (Museum of Northwest Art) membership meeting could not have been more different from 2018’s for the seven board members or the 25 or so members they faced in the second floor Museum gallery. From the essential tangible, the b...
'Time capsule children' chosen for museum's centennial
It’s never too early to look ahead. Even for an historical museum. That’s especially true of the Skagit County Historical Museum in La Conner. Staff announced the names of the children to assist in...
